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About 60 people (conservative guess) showed up at very short notice for an hour and a half opposite Downing Street. Overwhelming impression of shock and outrage. 'Too angry to speak', said one person. Speakers included recent Voices delegates Les Gibbons and Richard Byrne, Gulf Peace Team veterans Peggy Preston and Richard Crump, Arab lawyer Sabah al-Mukhtar, ARROW direct actionist Emily Apple (up in court soon for blockade of Parliament 16 Jan). Footage of demo shown on Channel 4 News and BBC TV news. Powerful minute's silence in the middle of the demonstration thinking about frightened people in Iraq, all those killed by bombing and sanctions over the last decade, re-dedicating ourselves to carry on. Basic groundwork 2 hours phoning the London section of the Voices mailing list. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk